Agnes Gardner
@agnesofgardner.bsky.social
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Saying “I’ll stop drinking if you let me run the Pentagon” is maybe the most alcoholic thing anyone has ever said —
and a clear red flag that this Hegseth dude needs rehab now!!!
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
and a clear red flag that this Hegseth dude needs rehab now!!!
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
Hegseth Is Reportedly Vowing to Stop Drinking, Having His Mom Call Senators
Pete Hegseth is reportedly vowing to stop drinking in meetings with Republican senators, and having his mom call them to advocate for him.
www.rollingstone.com
December 5, 2024 at 4:53 AM
Saying “I’ll stop drinking if you let me run the Pentagon” is maybe the most alcoholic thing anyone has ever said —
and a clear red flag that this Hegseth dude needs rehab now!!!
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
and a clear red flag that this Hegseth dude needs rehab now!!!
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
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The skulls, experts say, are the evidence of an organised, carefully calculated campaign to eradicate the bison, deprive Native Americans of a vital resource, and drive the few communities that survived onto small reservations where they could be controlled by the newly arrived white settlers. ~Copy
December 4, 2024 at 11:30 PM
The skulls, experts say, are the evidence of an organised, carefully calculated campaign to eradicate the bison, deprive Native Americans of a vital resource, and drive the few communities that survived onto small reservations where they could be controlled by the newly arrived white settlers. ~Copy
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The 1892 photo of bison skulls symbolizes deliberate destruction and our brutal past echoes today in environmental exploitation, not to mention treatment of women today isn’t much better. Remembering isn’t enough. Justice demands systemic change and accountability.
The 'bison skull mountain' photo that reveals the US's dark history
The photo of two men standing on a mountain of bison skulls is well known as a symbol of hunting during colonisation of the US. But there's a more sinister story that lies behind it.
www.bbc.com
December 4, 2024 at 8:44 PM
The 1892 photo of bison skulls symbolizes deliberate destruction and our brutal past echoes today in environmental exploitation, not to mention treatment of women today isn’t much better. Remembering isn’t enough. Justice demands systemic change and accountability.
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not good, not good
www.nytimes.com/athletic/577...
www.nytimes.com/athletic/577...
December 4, 2024 at 2:33 PM
not good, not good
www.nytimes.com/athletic/577...
www.nytimes.com/athletic/577...
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American weakness here embarrassing.
Divided over whether to stop making plastic, U.N. treaty talks collapse
Delegates from more than 170 countries huddled for a week of marathon negotiations but came up short on delivering a treaty.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 2, 2024 at 5:09 PM
American weakness here embarrassing.
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This paper is fascinating. A three-year field experiement in which a 1000 low income Americans get $1000 a month. The tl;dr conclusion is that it basically has zero effect on their political views or participation.
www.nber.org/papers/w33214
www.nber.org/papers/w33214
The Causal Effects of Income on Political Attitudes and Behavior: A Randomized Field Experiment
Founded in 1920, the NBER is a private, non-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to conducting economic research and to disseminating research findings among academics, public policy makers, an...
www.nber.org
December 2, 2024 at 7:09 PM
This paper is fascinating. A three-year field experiement in which a 1000 low income Americans get $1000 a month. The tl;dr conclusion is that it basically has zero effect on their political views or participation.
www.nber.org/papers/w33214
www.nber.org/papers/w33214
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As we inch toward clean energy, Big Oil is tripling down on plastics. At the UN Plastics talks, over 200 petrochemical lobbyists blocked production cuts efforts. Big Oil profits while environmental and human health suffers. We must secure a strong Global Plastics Treaty.
December 2, 2024 at 11:35 PM
As we inch toward clean energy, Big Oil is tripling down on plastics. At the UN Plastics talks, over 200 petrochemical lobbyists blocked production cuts efforts. Big Oil profits while environmental and human health suffers. We must secure a strong Global Plastics Treaty.
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"We cannot continue to participate in the social network feed of a man who proclaims the death of the media and therefore of journalists... X is a platform that no longer serves the public interest at all, but the special ideological and financial interests of its owner and his political allies"
European Federation of Journalists to stop posting content on X
The EFJ represents over 295,000 journalists in 44 countries.
www.thelondoneconomic.com
December 2, 2024 at 3:12 PM
"We cannot continue to participate in the social network feed of a man who proclaims the death of the media and therefore of journalists... X is a platform that no longer serves the public interest at all, but the special ideological and financial interests of its owner and his political allies"
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A thing everyone has forgotten is that Donald Trump basically sprang Roger Stone from prison so he could help with the coup and it was maybe a one day story.
December 3, 2024 at 12:36 AM
A thing everyone has forgotten is that Donald Trump basically sprang Roger Stone from prison so he could help with the coup and it was maybe a one day story.
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“Don’t feed the trolls” also extends to bad opinion pieces in papers of record.
They run them bc people react to them the most.
If we stop linking to bad columns and instead post thinkers we find valuable (& generate convo around it), incentives change.
It’s not easy and takes constant practice!
They run them bc people react to them the most.
If we stop linking to bad columns and instead post thinkers we find valuable (& generate convo around it), incentives change.
It’s not easy and takes constant practice!
December 2, 2024 at 6:19 PM
“Don’t feed the trolls” also extends to bad opinion pieces in papers of record.
They run them bc people react to them the most.
If we stop linking to bad columns and instead post thinkers we find valuable (& generate convo around it), incentives change.
It’s not easy and takes constant practice!
They run them bc people react to them the most.
If we stop linking to bad columns and instead post thinkers we find valuable (& generate convo around it), incentives change.
It’s not easy and takes constant practice!
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Biden ignoring the normal federal pardon process for Hunter contrasts with his we-must-respect-the-process posture when it came to abiding by a parliamentarian’s advisory ruling that blocked a minimum wage increase for millions of workers.
It’s almost as if the process is only selectively honored.
It’s almost as if the process is only selectively honored.
December 2, 2024 at 2:26 PM
Biden ignoring the normal federal pardon process for Hunter contrasts with his we-must-respect-the-process posture when it came to abiding by a parliamentarian’s advisory ruling that blocked a minimum wage increase for millions of workers.
It’s almost as if the process is only selectively honored.
It’s almost as if the process is only selectively honored.
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People are leaving Twitter because it’s not fun anymore and no one is obligated to be on a platform they don’t enjoy.
It’s not rocket science.
It’s not rocket science.
December 2, 2024 at 5:03 AM
People are leaving Twitter because it’s not fun anymore and no one is obligated to be on a platform they don’t enjoy.
It’s not rocket science.
It’s not rocket science.
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The problem of the Pod Save Bros is how they’re Dem discourse gatekeepers but can’t discuss the Dems’ big challenge: Obamaism’s betrayals of populism destroyed Dems’ credibility & created conditions for Trumpism.
The bros are complicit so they can’t admit this crisis, even if it must be solved.
The bros are complicit so they can’t admit this crisis, even if it must be solved.
November 28, 2024 at 11:38 PM
The problem of the Pod Save Bros is how they’re Dem discourse gatekeepers but can’t discuss the Dems’ big challenge: Obamaism’s betrayals of populism destroyed Dems’ credibility & created conditions for Trumpism.
The bros are complicit so they can’t admit this crisis, even if it must be solved.
The bros are complicit so they can’t admit this crisis, even if it must be solved.
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This is always wrong. Including when it REPEATEDLY happened to each of us who opposed Trump. Including swatting attempts to my house. Including requiring security details.
None of these folks spoke up to condemn that then. Speaker Johnson was silent.
Media: remember this during Sunday shows
None of these folks spoke up to condemn that then. Speaker Johnson was silent.
Media: remember this during Sunday shows
Trump’s picks for new administration are focus of bomb threats and ‘swatting’
Trump’s picks for new administration are focus of bomb threats and ‘swatting’
Pete Hegseth, Elise Stefanik and Matt Gaetz are among those who were either confirmed or reported to be targeted
* US politics – live updates
Pete Hegseth, Donald Trump’s defense secretary pick, was among several cabinet nominees and appointees of…
www.theguardian.com
November 28, 2024 at 3:54 PM
This is always wrong. Including when it REPEATEDLY happened to each of us who opposed Trump. Including swatting attempts to my house. Including requiring security details.
None of these folks spoke up to condemn that then. Speaker Johnson was silent.
Media: remember this during Sunday shows
None of these folks spoke up to condemn that then. Speaker Johnson was silent.
Media: remember this during Sunday shows
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It’s wild to think about how many Democratic operatives became millionaires while losing elections to Trump, and even more wild to think about how they’ll make even more money now bein depicted as experts on how to defeat Trumpism.
November 29, 2024 at 2:40 AM
It’s wild to think about how many Democratic operatives became millionaires while losing elections to Trump, and even more wild to think about how they’ll make even more money now bein depicted as experts on how to defeat Trumpism.
Wow. Workers exploited by billionaires. Shocker.
Labelers training AI say they're overworked, underpaid and exploited by big American tech companies www.cbsnews.com/news/labeler...
Labelers training AI say they're overworked, underpaid and exploited by big American tech companies
Digital workers in Kenya had to sift through horrific online content to train AI, but say they were underpaid, overworked, and got inadequate mental health support. So they're fighting back.
www.cbsnews.com
November 25, 2024 at 3:08 PM
Wow. Workers exploited by billionaires. Shocker.
@apparty.bsky.social I’m the first follower? I do love being what my mother used to call “the news ahead of the headlines” 😉 Here’s to many more! 🥂
November 25, 2024 at 3:07 PM
@apparty.bsky.social I’m the first follower? I do love being what my mother used to call “the news ahead of the headlines” 😉 Here’s to many more! 🥂
Let’s start by doing away with paid punditry in general.
Here's the post mortem no one's brave enough to write: We actually have a very clear and recent example of how a party comes back from a clear and convincing electoral defeat, and that's the way the Republicans adapted to their loss in 2020.
November 25, 2024 at 2:44 PM
Let’s start by doing away with paid punditry in general.
Clear and convincing? Not really. Suspicious is closer to the truth.
Here's the post mortem no one's brave enough to write: We actually have a very clear and recent example of how a party comes back from a clear and convincing electoral defeat, and that's the way the Republicans adapted to their loss in 2020.
November 25, 2024 at 2:42 PM
Clear and convincing? Not really. Suspicious is closer to the truth.
Dems are the modern day Whigs. Our populist democratic movement will see them drift off into obscurity.
November 24, 2024 at 1:10 PM
Dems are the modern day Whigs. Our populist democratic movement will see them drift off into obscurity.
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"Elon Musk, whose companies have received nearly $8 billion in government funding through an assortment of federal grants, tax breaks, government subsidies and contracts, proposed today that senior citizens need to 'tighten their belt' to help balance the national budget."
See? It's not hard.
See? It's not hard.
Here one of Elon Musk's lickspittles explains their plan: Persuade regular Americans to accept huge cuts to Social Security and Medicare so that billionaires can get gigantic tax cuts. I don't think they'll be able to pull it off, but we'll see.
November 23, 2024 at 8:07 PM
"Elon Musk, whose companies have received nearly $8 billion in government funding through an assortment of federal grants, tax breaks, government subsidies and contracts, proposed today that senior citizens need to 'tighten their belt' to help balance the national budget."
See? It's not hard.
See? It's not hard.
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🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Someone called this mass exodus from Twitter ‘the fall of the Broman Empire’ and I died laughing. 💀
November 24, 2024 at 7:40 AM
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
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More than a quarter of America’s evangelical devout actually show little devotion, attending church once per year or less—a startling idea when we consider the outsize role that evangelicals have played in America’s postwar political life.
newrepublic.com/article/1883...
newrepublic.com/article/1883...
The “Cultural Christians” Are Taking Over the Conservative Movement
It’s the hot new thing on the right: dressing up in the trappings of Christianity without being burdened by all the fussy moral obligations of the faith.
newrepublic.com
November 24, 2024 at 12:26 PM
More than a quarter of America’s evangelical devout actually show little devotion, attending church once per year or less—a startling idea when we consider the outsize role that evangelicals have played in America’s postwar political life.
newrepublic.com/article/1883...
newrepublic.com/article/1883...
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I wrote this 20 years ago.
20 YEARS AGO.
Change the names and it’s the exact same today.
I feel like walking into the ocean.
https://buff.ly/3ALplJD
20 YEARS AGO.
Change the names and it’s the exact same today.
I feel like walking into the ocean.
https://buff.ly/3ALplJD
November 23, 2024 at 11:04 PM
I wrote this 20 years ago.
20 YEARS AGO.
Change the names and it’s the exact same today.
I feel like walking into the ocean.
https://buff.ly/3ALplJD
20 YEARS AGO.
Change the names and it’s the exact same today.
I feel like walking into the ocean.
https://buff.ly/3ALplJD